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No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.
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I trust there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
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